The Statutory Paternity Pay and Statutory Adoption Pay (Parental Orders and Prospective Adopters) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015

Application of the Pay Regulations to intended parents and parental order parents

18.  In regulation 22 (adoption pay period in cases where adoption is disrupted) of the Pay Regulations as they apply to an intended parent or a parental order parent—

(a) paragraph (1) shall apply as if that paragraph read—

“(1) The adoption pay period shall terminate in accordance with the provisions of paragraph (2) where—

(a) the child dies;

(b) the person entitled to statutory adoption pay does not apply for a parental order in respect of the child within the time limit set in section 54(3) of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008; or

(c) the person’s application for a parental order in respect of the child is refused, withdrawn or otherwise terminated and any time limit for an appeal or a new application has expired;”;

(b) in paragraph (3)—

(i) sub-paragraph (a) shall apply as if the reference to paragraph (1)(a)(i) were a reference to paragraph (1)(a);

(ii) sub-paragraph (b) shall apply as if that sub-paragraph read—

“(b) in a case falling within paragraph (1)(b) the week during which the time limit in section 54(3) of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008 for an application for a parental order for the child expires;”;

(iii) sub-paragraph (c) shall apply as if that sub-paragraph read—

“(c) in a case falling within paragraph (1)(c) the week during which the person’s application for a parental order is refused, withdrawn or otherwise terminated without the order being granted.”.